If you are not up to speed on the Blog Poll it was started by Brian Cook at mgoblog as an blogger version of the AP football poll. You can read the full details here. It eventually became a part of the rankings at CBSSports.com. This season they are doing a college basketball version of the poll. One requirement of being a voter is full disclosure of your ballot each week and with explanations. Also, unlike the folks in the media poll, I will be taking your opinions under advisement. Or maybe I should do what the coaches do and let someone else fill out the ballot…my six year old daughter would do a great job I am sure. Anyway without further ado, here is my ballot for the first week:
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| Rank | Team | |
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| 1 | Connecticut | |
| 2 | Oklahoma | |
| 3 | North Carolina | |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | |
| 5 | Memphis | |
| 6 | Marquette | |
| 7 | Louisville | |
| 8 | Villanova | |
| 9 | Clemson | |
| 10 | Wake Forest | |
| 11 | Duke | |
| 12 | Butler | |
| 13 | Michigan St. | |
| 14 | UCLA | |
| 15 | Xavier | |
| 16 | Illinois | |
| 17 | Kansas | |
| 18 | Arizona St. | |
| 19 | Missouri | |
| 20 | California | |
| 21 | Purdue | |
| 22 | Minnesota | |
| 23 | Washington | |
| 24 | Florida St. | |
| 25 | Gonzaga | |
Errors, Omissions and Explanations of My Whacked Out Logic
- It was suggested I give an explanation of voting philisophy and I am not sure I have one past #4 other than throwing pasta against the wall and seeing which mascot the noodles most closesly represent. Seriously, the top four feel pretty solid after that who knows since most of them seem to have lost one game this week except for Memphis which explains how they probably ended up at #5. Speaking of Memphis…
- Teams I probably have ranked too high: Memphis at #5 for sure but ask yourself this: Having watched Memphis handle Gonzaga in Spokane over the weekend if the NCAA Tournament started tomorrow, would you put the Tigers at a #2 seed? I would.
- Teams I had no idea what to do with: Everyone below #15. I think you could throw a blanket on these guys and they all would be pretty much the same.
- If I could have put Clemson, Wake Forest and Duke in a three way tie I would have. Of course all Clemson had to do was beat FSU and I would have put them around 6th. Of course if you
